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So I was listening to Tribal Tech, started to play along with their song Saturn 5, learned few bits then wrote some unplayable tapping exercises so I was bit pissed off and ended up recording this piece.

Yeah, what else to do on boring Sunday than to challenge yourself and play some intricate tapping loops. Enjoy this one and remember that it sounds easier than it actually is. Be aware of articulation and proper “piano” sound. For tapping octaves in your right hand use third finger. Good exercise for your finger...

Let´s have some fun with octaves. If you´re funk, r´n´b or disco player (or not- your choice) you need to fiddle with octaves. It seems easy and sounds funky. But there are some hooks. First of all, it´s rhythm. Be aware that you´re having strong 1st and 3rd beat pulse in your mind, heart...

Initial idea was to create some cool old school hip hop groove but it ended up in this shape. My strings are really dead and that´s perfect sound for reggae, hip hop, soul, Motown sounding bass lines. But all my youth I was listeng too much of the fusion stuff – my hero was...

In past few months I´ve written 170 articles about the latest music gear – guitars, basses, effects, amps, cabinets, etc. The more I am in the gear and geekish things the more I start to realize that our music thoughts are hugely influenced by technology. Think metal music, do you think you would come...

Again G major scale but this time broken into three note phrases per string connected via fifths. For example – you start to play first three notes of G major scale – G, A, B. Next three notes would consequently be D, E and F# on A string, then A, B and C on...

This is great warm-up across all over your neck. And it´s just simple G major scale in all possible shapes and boxes. The basic pattern is also simple – you´re playing three notes on each string. There are three possible note combination – semi-tone/whole tone, whole tone/whole tone or whole tone/semi-tone. I am thinking...

Playing classical music on bassguitar is not just challenging, but it is very inspiring and exhilarating. I´ve always tried to play my versions of classical or movie music. It provides me that sacred feel and touch of majestic genius of composers. If you´re a hard working bassplayer your daily routine is to play grooves,...